Sunday, September 8, 2013

Romania - Protest Letter, Petitions & Polls

Background:

by Carmen ARSENE - In September 2, in Romania, a child was killed by dogs. Too little mentioned, the 4 year old child was left too long unsupervised by his grandmother, so he came from a park, far away, on a private fenced land, where dogs were. All televisions and newspapers are CONTINUOUSLY talking about this tragedy. They tell stories, interview people who feel disturbed by dogs, show false statistics, distort reality, and have inflamed the entire population. On the other hand, despite the pain, father and grandfather of the child were talking about the dogs like "they are also poor beings" and as such they don’t consider the dogs to be guilty but condemn the authorities because they did nothing for the correct management.

AUTHORITIES USE THIS TRAGEDY CLAIMING THE KILLING OF ALL DOGS! Yesterday, the Romanian President, Traian Basescu, urged the Government to elaborate an emergency ordinance that allows all dogs to be killed. In parallel, President of the Chamber of Deputies asks for urgent draft legislation providing for killing dogs.

For 20 years in Romania the dogs were tortured, captured and taken to “shelters”- extermination camps, where if they did not die of hunger and thirst they were killed by cruel methods. Hundreds of thousands of dogs died in the camps of the City halls, however huge amounts of tens of millions of Euros are „spent” for „managing” the stray dogs. The problem was not solved in the street but even got worse because nowhere in the world the mass killing was a solution.

Although it has been shown both by the experience of other countries and own (Oradea) that sterilization of stray dogs is the only solution for the disappearance of stray dogs, the Romanian authorities have totally ignored it, insisting on a failure method! Why? Because killing dogs in Romania has became an industry, tens of millions of Euros "spent" for managing dogs actually went into the pockets of those involved. Killing does not solve the problem so in the street will always be dogs so the authorities will have permanent reasons for "spending"of public money.

What should be done with stray dogs in Bucharest?
Vote for 4th option!
What do you think should be done with Stray dogs in Bucharest?
1. Move to a shelter
2. Euthanasia (kill them)
3. Leave them alone4. Give them professional care, followed by an adoption campaign
5. Not interested
Don't forget to fill in the security code at the end!!

We
regret the tragedy of the child killed by dogs. Such dramas should not
repeat. But if you insist in applying the same methods of dog mass
murder that has been conducted in Romania for 20years and that has not
resolved the problem in the streets, this risk will remain permanent.

We
do not understand the interests of the Romanian authorities to continue
orimplement again a method that has proven over the world to be
failed,expensive, but as well immoral, shameful.

We do not understand why, despite all the evidence:

the benefits of dog sterilization

the results obtained in Oradea, where, by the Sterilization and
Return program, the number of stray dogs decreased from 5000 to 300

the outcomes of the World Health Organization’s study (undertaken
between 1981 and 1988) concluding that “the euthanasia or incarceration
programs which are both inefficient and expensive”

the experiences of other countries that, after years of mass murder
without effect, implemented mass sterilization laws having noticeable
effects,

you do not accept to implement the only solution for managing the
dogs, that is the sterilization and return of the gentle and healthy
stray dogs, compulsorily accompanied by the sterilization of dogs with
owners that are the main source of street dogs by mass abandoning.

Approximately 5 million puppies are born in Romania in rural areas
every year, some of them being killed by their owners and the others being
abandoned in the street. So long as the dogs with owners will not be
sterilized, through coherent programs, the streets will never be free
of dogs.

We also remind you:

the Constitutional Court of Romania decided (Decision 1/2012) that
euthanasia is ILLEGAL as a stray dogs management method until all other
solutions have been applied properly, uniformly and with responsibility
by local authorities

The Lisbon Treaty (art. 13, TFEU) states that the “animals are sentient beings”

the European Parliament Resolution of 4 July 2012 on the
establishment of an EU legal framework for the protection of pets and
stray animals ( 2012/2670 (RSP )

We ask you for an URGENT STERILIZATION & RETURN LAW OFALL STRAY AND OWNED DOGS

Romania is already known by animal cruelty.
Please,
be advised that if the killing of dogs starts, we will show to the
entire world the reality of the dog camps, we will notify worldwide
about the financial interests behind the business of killing dogs, we
will withdraw any support that we have given so far to your country, we
will boycott Romanian products and tourism, as no one will want to
associate with a corrupt, cruel and immoral country.

pls stop this Barbaric act ..dogs are humans best frnd ..im surprised that this mass murder taken place among civilized nation ..this is abomination to God ..taking a life of another living being is not right and this world is not only for humans only ....pls least spay / neuter animals so it wont be a problem ..any form of culling any animals is Not etical and its Not a civilized decision...

"A righteous man regards the life of animals" - PROVERBS 12:10; "If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion & pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men" - FRANCIS OF ASSISI; "I hope to make people realize how totally helpless animals are, how dependent on us, trusting as a child must that we will be kind and take care of their needs...(They) are an obligation put on us, a responsibility we have no rights to neglect, nor to violate by cruelty...." - JAMES HARRIOT; "The greatness of a nation & its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated" - MAHATMA GANDHI

THERE IS A MISTAKE!!!In the link "If tomorrow, as the referendum, you vote for euthanasia of stray dogs?" It says to vote "NU", but in the link the question is not the same!!!Please correct it, that are a lot of people that voted wrong already..........The question is: would you adopt a stray dog?The answer to help animals is "Da, l-as adopta permanent" (permanent adoption of a stray dog).

Thanks, I will correct it. However, this blog is from September 8 and the referendum question was different than the one from now. Still, I think people vote NU because of their perception of the stray dogs problem :(